25 MAY 1951, Page 16

SIR,—To call the rather Hogarthian proceedings of the abandoned woman

in Proverbs vii an interesting tale reminds one of the celebrated suggestion that the Day of Judgement might be called a pretty sight.—

Yours faithfully, W. F. LOFTHOUSE. Old Bark House, Woodstock, Oxford.

[Janus writes: The adjective used was not " interesting " but "enter- taining." It referred, of course, to the language used by the writer, not to the subject-matter, which is hackneyed enough.]